Clonal tracking of hESCs reveals differential contribution to functional assays

Nature Methods

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 917-922

  Stewart, Morag H ^a,c   Bendall, Sean C ^a,b   Levadoux Martin, Marilyne ^a   Bhatia, Mickie ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL RENEWAL; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 78049351576     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1519     Document Type: Article

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